Description

SX 86 SW IPPLEPEN
5/117 Old Walls (formerly listed
- as Fern Cottage)
- II
Cottage. Probably C17, extended in C18. Rendered limestone rubble walls, exposed
at rear. Thatched roof hipped to left and gabled at right end. Rendered rubble
projecting gable end stack at right.
Originally probably 2-room plan with larger heated room to right, either central
passage or direct entry. Room added at lower, left, end, probably in C18. C20
staircase inserted in middle room.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, 1 window to first floor. 2-light
casements, mainly C20, with 'leaded' panes; ground floor window left of centre is
similar type possibly C18. C19 plank door at centre under C20 rendered brick open-
fronted porch with leanto thatch roof.
Interior : ground floor rooms have very rough, probably replacement, cross beams.
There is a thick wall between the central and left-hand rooms. Roof timbers
completely replaced in C20.
This cottage preserves a traditional facade and may conceal early features such as
the original fireplace internally.

Listing NGR: SX8439864621

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603878

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)